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Institute’s catalogues (including the possibility of ordering scores, books and recordings) and is currently being updated to also provide information regarding all
Israeli music performances and composers. At IMI’s Listening Center, a collection of some 2700 scores by over 250 composers is available for perusal and the archive of recorded music holds some 1600 items. The institute is currently in the process of creating a central library for Israeli music, which aims to make music by all Israeli composers available to musicians for perusal and consultation, both in scores and (where possible) in recordings.
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Information Centers. In the beginning, it provided information on all things musical happening in Israel (not just Israeli music), but once the composers’ association founded the Israel Music Center (IMC) and a battle over funds began, the IMIC’s functions were expanded to encompass those of worldwide MICs, and it also became a publisher. Thus, the institute actually comprises two different publishing companies: IMI and IMIC, although today, IMIC is no longer active, and most of its publications are included in the general IMI catalogue.
177:, and the first Director and editor in chief was William (Willy) Elias, who served in this role from 1961 to 1989. Despite having no prior experience in music publishing (Elias had been a banker and a singer in Rinat choir) he was able to build sound foundations for the prominent publishing house in Israel. He made a point of producing highly professional scores, thus raising significantly local music publishing standards common at that time. He also initiated an IMI bulletin, concerts, listening events and composers' forums as part of IMI activities.
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Players’ concert series (in Tel-Aviv and Jerusalem), among others. The institute supplies scores for concerts held at the Jerusalem Music Centre which include Israeli premieres and supports Meitar contemporary music ensemble. Between 2006 and 2018, IMI produced the Israel Music Festival, an annual festival of Israeli music held in Jerusalem and other cities in Israel. The Institute also exhibits its various publications at different musical events in Israel and abroad.
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284:, produced two composition competitions for orchestral works. The project had two main goals: to encourage composition of quality symphonic works, and to increase public awareness of the institute and its activities. The jury was international, and during the finals, three works were played by the orchestra in front of a live audience and broadcast live.
199:, IMI has held a significant role in the development of the contemporary music scene. The international availability of some 3800 Israeli scores, the growing collection of Israeli CDs, and the existence, in the past, of IMI News, and today- the IMI website, have created the scene of local contemporary music no less than they reflect it.
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Past events which IMI has been involved with (during the late 90s and early 2000s) are the
Biennial events for Contemporary Music at Tel-Aviv Museum of Art, the contemporary music concert series by the Musica Nova Consort (at the Tel-Aviv Museum of Art), and the yearly Classical Music Festival in the
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IMI collaborates with major orchestras, choirs, chamber ensembles and musical education institutions in Israel, as well as with numerous musical bodies around the world. As Israel's leading music publishing house, it is involved with virtually all musical events which include commissions from
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Between 1990 and 2009, IMI published a comprehensive bulletin, IMI News. In addition to documenting the
Institute’s own activities, the journal encompassed the entire concert music scene in Israel, as well as performances of Israeli music across the globe. Today, IMI’s website provides access to the
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Institute is the first publicly owned music publishing house in Israel and the most influential one on the local scene. It is devoted primarily to the publication of Israeli art music, but also publishes books and booklets on Israeli music and composers, and formerly, a periodical-
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Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition; The International Harp Contest in Israel; and the Zimriya- the World Assembly of Choirs in Israel. It also collaborates with TARF festival for recorder music, the Israeli conservatory's composition competition, and the Israel
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The institute made its first steps in the field of music production during the 70s, with the production of several records (LPs) and even a first tape cassette. In 1990, the institute was invited to join and run an existing project- music in Israel (MII). The collaborating organizations were The
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Since its establishment, IMI has acquired the rights to more than 3800 compositions by some 250 Israeli composers. IMI publishes compositions by virtually all important contemporary classical
Israeli composers working in Israel since 1920. The Institute's catalogue encompasses orchestral music,
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Israeli Conservatory's composition competition, the Ben-Haim competition and others). They also emphasized digitation of archival materials, signing of young composers and expansion of the IMI's catalogue, as well as optimizing publishing processes. In 2022, attorney Oron
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Not long after the IMI was established, the Israel Council for Culture and Arts, an adjunct of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports, decided it should also function as an information center, IMIC- the Israel Music Information Center. As such, it is a member of IAMIC, the International
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radio station), Acum (Association for composers, writers and publishers), and the Ministry of Education and Culture. The MII produced 26 CDs. It was active for 7 years, after which the institute continued to issue CDs independently. It has produced 61 CDs so far.
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classical (Germany, Austria & Switzerland), EME (France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Spain & Portugal), Engström & Södring Musikverlag AS (Denmark), and Český hudebnà fond, o. p. s. (Czechia, Slovakia & Hungary).
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